Below are some blogs that I follow that have interesting information.
The Ambient
- by Paul LamkinAlexa is bigger than ever before, thanks to Amazon taking the covers off of a refreshed Echo 15 and, more significantly a brand new model for the smart display range… the Echo Show 21. Starting with the Echo Show 21, and it boasts a 21-inch, Full HD 1080p display, and is by far the most […]
- by Paul LamkinSwitchBot K10+ Pro: Introduction Last year, SwitchBot (of Bot finger and auto curtain opening fame) took the covers off of the SwitchBot K10+, a more compact robot vacuum cleaner than you’re used to, aimed at smaller homes and designed to be easily hidden out of sight. Fast forward a year and the K10+ now has a twin – albeit […]
- by Paul LamkinBlack Friday 2024 isn’t quite here yet, but that hasn’t stopped Amazon from going live with bunch of great Black Friday smart home deals, including huge discounts, as you’d expect, on its native devices. Amazon always goes big with the Alexa Black Friday deals and, just as it does with Echo smart speakers, prices have […]
- by Paul LamkinGoogle has taken a big step toward making the management of its smart home ecosystem less of a fragmented faff by extending Google Home app support to the Nest Cam IQ Indoor and IQ Outdoor cameras. That means that now, technically, you can manage all of your Nest Cams in one place. It’s been a […]
- by Paul LamkinFor years, I used Nest cameras around my home to keep an eye on things. I reviewed the original Nest Cam back in 2015, which came out a year or so after Google had acquired both Nest and Dropcam, and things just naturally expanded from there. When I first reviewed that original Nest Cam, it […]